Rearview Mirror Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium RSS Feed for Rearview Mirror Premium en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT Retailer weathers disasters to keep serving Hawaii isle http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120518__Retailer_weathers_disasters_to_keep_serving_Hawaii_isle.html If you're looking for interesting stories of Hawaii companies outside of Hono­lulu, Hilo is a good place to start. Island radio broadcasters hit the air 90 years ago today http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120511_Island_radio_broadcasters_hit_the_air_90_years_ago_today_.html After dinner, many of us turn on the television. Cable TV today carries more than 200 channels, but when I was young, in the 1950s, there were just four channels and all were in black and white. Foodland keeps thriving and evolving after 64 years http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120504_foodland_keeps_thriving_and_evolving_after_64_years.html Hawaii's oldest and largest supermarket chain had humble beginnings, 64 years ago this Sunday. It was founded by Maurice J. Sullivan, who left his native Ireland in 1927 for New York with $7 in his pocket. Crossroads sign marked popular Honolulu drive-in http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120427_crosswords_sign_marked_popular_Honolulu_drive-in.html Honolulu once had a sign that was more photographed than Diamond Head, according to Kodak officials, who counted them one week. Some say it was the most photographed sign in the world. Kaiser laid the groundwork for Hilton Hawaiian Village http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120422_Kaiser_laid_the_groundwork_for_Hilton_Hawaiian_Village.html In 1955, Henry Kaiser bought the 8-acre John Ena estate in Waikiki. He then added a 6-acre parcel that was formerly the site of the Old Waikiki hotel, built around 1900 and redeveloped into the Niumalu Hotel in 1928. Barbershop quartets, beer once graced Merrie Monarch http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120413_barbershop_quartets_beer_once_graced_merrie_monarch.html The "Olympics of Hula" we know today began humbly as a way to stimulate the economy after the 1960 Hilo tsunami. Honolulu's first drive-in fed hungry folks for 76 years http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120406_Honolulus_first_drivein__fed_hungry_folks_for_76_years_.html Banker George C. Knapp and Realtor Elwood L. Christensen founded KC Drive Inn in 1929. City Mill embodies the value of perseverance, hard work http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120330_city_mill_embodies_the_value_of_perseverance_hard_work.html Chung Kun Ai, the founder of City Mill, came to Hawaii with his father in 1879. The 14-year-old went to Iolani College for two years — the only formal education he would receive. For decades, Liberty House served as isle retail's 'fat cats' http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120323_for_decades_liberty_house_served_as_isle_retails_fat_cats.html Once the biggest of the Big Five, Liberty House was started by German sea captain Heinrich Hackfeld in 1849. Hackfeld first came to Hawaii with a ship's hold full of silk clothing, crockery, dry goods, hardware, pens, pencils, window glass and other household items. His wife, Marie, her 16-year-old brother, J.C. Pflue­ger, and a nephew, B.F. Ehlers, arrived with him. Wheelbarrow full of gold marked origin of Bankoh http://www.staradvertiser.com/businesspremium/rearviewmirrorpremium/20120316__Wheelbarrow_full_of_gold_marked_origin_of_Bankoh.html Bank of Hawaii could be the largest company in Hawaii founded by a competitor's disgruntled customers.